Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Annelles has 1.8%. By contrast, 5.4% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 78% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 127 residents and 50 households here. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 12%.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Annelles
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Annelles had 138 residents at the 2012 census and 127 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Annelles’ residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012, a pace below 95% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardennes town −9%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −10%.
13% of residents are 65 or over, below 97% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Annelles 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Annelles’s residents are under 37.5, younger than in 90% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Annelles sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (10%)
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Annelles sits below 69% of compared French towns for empty homes (5.4%)
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Long tenure is the mark of 30% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 16% (under two years). Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €31,870 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €31,870 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
10% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker in Annelles. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of residents are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
The median compared commune in Ardennes has 6.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Annelles comes in at 0.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Single residents make up 19%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 99% of compared French towns: 6.5%
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
With graduates of higher education at 43%, Annelles is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 127 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Annelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annelles | 37.5 | 13% | 5.4% | 0.8% |
| Rethel 7,444 · 6.1 mi | 47 | 26% | 1.8% | 2.6% |
| Warmeriville 2,749 · 10.5 mi | 39 | 17% | 1% | 1.9% |
| Vouziers 3,825 · 12.7 mi | 55.5 | 35% | 2.3% | 1.8% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 16.7 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Annelles
What is the population of Annelles?
127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (138).
How old are Annelles’ residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Annelles?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Annelles?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Annelles?
€31,870 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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